Sports In The Making

Atomic - eSports & Broadcast Productions

Episode Summary

Atomic's Kris Dahl and Patrick Barthe provide broadcasting & IT support for eSports gaming properties. We talk how eSports has grown, how Covid-19 has affected the industry and how they are helping develop eSports for broadcasts.

Episode Notes

• 2:30 - How Covid-19 has affected the eSports industry.
• 3:22 - Kris Dahl is Principal at Atomic - What Atomic does and how it affects eSports.
• 4:41 - What Patrick Barthe’s responsibilities are with Atomic
• 5:13 - How Atomic started.
• 6:18 - What eSports is, how it’s grown and the importance of it now.
• 8:13 - How eSports has affected broadcast networks since the pandemic. 
• 10:08 - What some of the challenges are in covering eSports events. 
• 12:44 - How Atomic finds clients and how Atomic puts the productions together.
• 15:49 - How technology for eSports affects the productions.
• 17:35 - What some of the gaming titles are.
• 18:58 - What the viewing numbers tell us on the potential for eSports. 
• 21:04 - How much gamers can earn in competitions.
• 22:43 - How eSports can affect culture.
• 24:53 - What some of the drawbacks eSports can have.
• 26:42 - If eSports could have a future in the Olympics.
• 29:36 - How anti-doping is evident in eSports
• 32:19 - What kinds of innovations Atomic has been a part of and how they work with game developers to cover the events using technology.
• 34:13 - How Atomic makes creative innovations happen.
• 36:23 - What the future for youth is with gaming.
• 39:30 - What the most successful or notable event Atomic has been a part of.
• 42:14 - What they would like sports fans to know about eSports that they may not know.
• 44:45 - How people can find out more about Atomic.